Voicing African Voices

Music

“There are no crocodiles in Cocody”: Modern Popular Music and Society in Côte d’Ivoire

by Aghi Bahi

In the urban landscape of Côte d’Ivoire, where modern rhythms and traditional sounds collide, popular music is more than just entertainment. It is a…

Art, Photography, Film and Music Music

Il n’y a pas de crocodiles à Cocody

by Aghi Bahi

Anthropologie de la communication musicale en Côte d’Ivoire La musique populaire moderne ivoirienne, aspect de la culture populaire, éclate à travers les industries productrices…

Art, Photography, Film and Music Artists Biography and Memoir Music Musicians Sports

Singing Our Unsung Heroes

by Walter Gam Nkwi

(Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music This book collates thematic reflections on Cameroon music exalting Manu Dibango, one of the first-generation Cameroonian musicians, who…

Anthropology Art, Photography, Film and Music Music Social Sciences

DISCOnnections: Popular Music Audiences in Freetown, Sierra Leone

by Michael Stasik

This book offers an intriguing account of the complex and often contradictory relations between music and society in Freetown’s past and present. Blending anthropological…

The mission of Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) is to contribute to the cultural development and renaissance of Africa. This is achieved by conducting research, providing training in research and writing, and publishing and promoting African scholarship and creative writing. Langaa, not set up for monetary profit-making, is supported by founding members and other contributors, financial grants and efforts of volunteers. Langaa is physically located in Bamenda and Buea (Cameroon), although its members and volunteers operate from different parts of the world. So far, Langaa has published over 500 titles, mainly on Cameroon, but also on other African countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Outstanding scholars and ordinary people familiar with the Cameroonian and African context provide editorial guidance. Each manuscript is systematically reviewed before a publication decision. Peer reviews, reader reports, and editorial changes are stored as evidence of the rigour of Langaa ’s processes.